Portion of the seafloor that is shallow enough to be agitated by everyday wave action
Upper shoreface refers to the portion of the seafloor that is shallow enough to be agitated by everyday wave action, the wave base. [1]
Below that is the lower shoreface.
^R. G. Dean and R. A. Dalrymple (1991). Water wave mechanics for engineers and scientists. Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering. Vol. 2. World Scientific, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-02-0420-4.
Uppershoreface refers to the portion of the seafloor that is shallow enough to be agitated by everyday wave action, the wave base. Below that is the...
Shoreface may refer to: The uppershoreface of a seafloor The lower shoreface of a seafloor This article includes a list of related items that share the...
in uppershoreface deposits in the geologic record. Middle shoreface The middle shoreface is located in the uppershoreface. The middle shoreface is strongly...
a zone not disturbed by any surface wave. (e.g. ) Uppershoreface — above wave base Lower shoreface — below wave base Airy wave theory Dispersion (water...
sedimentary structure form described as hummocky cross-stratification. Uppershoreface Sedimentary structures R. G. Dean and R. A. Dalrymple (1991). Water...
depositional environments that produce quartz arenites are beaches/uppershoreface and aeolian processes. Arkose – Type of sandstone containing at least...
clay (elsewhere) Uppershoreface – Portion of the seafloor that is shallow enough to be agitated by everyday wave action Lower shoreface – Part of the seafloor...
between the upper and lower shoreface, hypothesising that sediment is eroded from the lower shoreface and transported to the uppershoreface to maintain...
formation consists of braided river sandstone, while the upper portion consists of uppershoreface to inner shelf sandstone. Vertebrate taxa from the formation...
be beach sand, high water energy marine uppershoreface sand, intermediate water energy marine lower shoreface sand, and deeper low energy marine silt...
turbidity current Underwater – The aquatic or submarine environment Uppershoreface – The portion of the seafloor that is shallow enough to be agitated...
easterly winds and low tide could have exposed the inner parts of the uppershoreface, and create long-lasting Floodplain-type environments. Field works...
northern and southern shores of Rapel River. The formation rests above both an Upper Cretaceous formation called Punta Tocopalma Formation and the Paleozoic...
up): Middle Gharif unit 1 is less than 10 meters thick and represents shoreface, tidal flat, lagoonal and mixed paralic environments. Middle Gharif unit...
fossiliferous strata were deposited just above storm wave base (offshore to lower shoreface transition), at between 50 and 150 metres (160 and 490 ft) water depth...
marine shoreface and turbidite sands of the Plover and Militia Formations are proven reservoirs in the North Australian Shelf. Over pressured Upper Jurassic...
massive, cliff-forming, yellow to white sandstones that were deposited in shoreface and tidal channel environments. It can be seen at Writing-on-Stone Provincial...
depositional environment from subaqueous fans, through fan deltas and shoreface to delta plain. The uppermost Tarbert formation may represent reworked...
in molluscan paleoecology in storm-generated shell beds from the lower shoreface deposits of the Pliocene Dainichi Formation, Kakegawa Group, central Japan"...
abigarradas member of the Paja Formation. This formation preserves a shoreface to lower shoreface environment with a great diversity of marine reptiles including...
involved directly placing sand on the beach and dunes. Since then more shoreface nourishments have been carried out, which rely on the forces of the wind...
specimens were found was determined to be a shallow sea in a clastic lower shoreface. This specific genera are categorized as Ediacara-type fossils from 571...
deposited in shallow water and includes potential reservoirs in deltaic, shoreface, and fluvial sandstones. The USGS found large-scale folds and faults in...
transgressive-regressive cycles. The Tibbet Canyon Member consists of shallow- marine, shoreface, and estuarine deposits. It is well exposed in the southwestern and central...
deep-water (hexanchid) shark bite marks on a sirenian skeleton from Pliocene shoreface deposits of Tuscany (Italy)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie...
waters in a number of environments, including coral and rocky reefs and shorefaces, lagoons, embayments, tidal flats and channels. They commonly move between...